Ah, you got to the point where the Action is (almost) done. The preset is not important. Just press Stop or Continue and the Action will stop. The Preset is an optional extra which you can make if you wish. I still think you should read and do the tutorial to get the feel for the values of the filters and the whole procedure.

I am sorry this has happened. It has happened once before, and may have been caused by spam filters – possibly both yours and mine. I make an effort to look over my spam-filtered emails every day but some might slip through. I will send you the passwords as a private message.

Hello Gry,
I just downloaded the book and took a quick scan from 1 to 190. Looks like an absolutely excellent work! You have covered all of the key areas of this type of retouching in one well wriiten, well illustrated, document. It's really great to have it all in one manual. Best wishes for successful sales.
Regards, Murray

is there a place where images from the book can be downloaded? I have really enjoyed the aspect of being able to work on the same images as presented in number of other PS books, like to see the same effects on my computer.

Due to the nature of the images I'm afraid not. Most of the images are of professional models who would take great exception to being used for training purposes. Retouching is a very sensitive subject, and it's tricky to get permissions from models at at all. There are a few stock images there, but only very few. it should be easy enough for you to find images these days, with royalty-free stock libraries offering images for next to nothing. I suggest you look for images that are not retouched too much though, as I've noticed a tendency in stock to over-smooth the skin. --- Gry

I only just now read this thread, and I'm going to look into purchasing the book, but if you don't mind saying ... do you discuss curves techniques? I've found that some of the best color correcting is done that way, and I'd like to learn more about it. However, thus far, not too many books on the subject. The particulars seem to be a kept secret, else not too many people know much about curves.